12 Facts About Enzo Cucchi

Enzo Cucchi was born on 14 November 1949 and is an Italian painter.

Enzo Cucchi was born in 1949 in Morro d'Alba, a farming village in the province of Ancona in central Italy.

Enzo Cucchi frequently visited poet Mino De Angelis, who was in charge of the magazine Tau.

Enzo Cucchi moved to Rome, temporarily abandoned poetry and dedicated himself exclusively to the visual arts.

Enzo Cucchi uses forms suggestive of the landscape, legends and traditions of his home-region.

Enzo Cucchi's artwork is often accompanied by poetic texts some of which have been published.

Since 1979 Enzo Cucchi has maintained a co-operative relationship with gallery owner Emilio Mazzoli in Modena and with Bruno Bischofberger who had represented him since 1981 and since 1995 exclusively worldwide.

Enzo Cucchi has made outdoor sculptures for the Brueglinger Park in Basel in 1984, and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humblebaek, Denmark in 1985, a fountain for the garden of the Museo d'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato in 1988 and the Fontana d'Italia at York University in Toronto.

Enzo Cucchi contributed to the Lucio Amelio's contemporary art collection in the Royal Palace of Caserta.

Between 1992 and 1994 he collaborated with architect Mario Botta on the chapel built on Monte Tamaro near Lugano, Switzerland, where Enzo Cucchi assisted with designing the interior of the chapel, mainly the main altar and the executed murals for the apse and nave.

Enzo Cucchi enjoys close relationships with poets and writers like Paolo Volponi, Goffredo Parise, Giovanni Testori, Ruggero Guarini, Alberto Boatto and Paul Evangelisti.

Enzo Cucchi has made illustrations for their books while they have written on his art.